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@kenchristie9214

2 жыл бұрын

Hawaii was originally called Sandwich Islands.

@christerhummelstedt9708

2 жыл бұрын

@@charleBerglund mxxmxmmx

@williamberry4615

2 жыл бұрын

I hate when they call us America. America goes from Canada and Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina. We are the United States

@williamberry4615

2 жыл бұрын

@Bee Middleton Texas was it's own country I believe called Texarkana? Correct me if I'm wrong. Then the USA annexed the state and the Cowboys still cant get a decent gm.

@williamberry4615

2 жыл бұрын

@Bee Middleton thank you bud. I read a lot about president James Polk and the Mexican War but I forgot a lot of stuff cuz lets face it Texas is the most recognized part of that whole area.

FALSE: Florida was named after the famous rapper Flo-Rida

@danylo6665

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@meowpoosaymeow

3 жыл бұрын

Finally someone spoke facts

@jrjr648

3 жыл бұрын

Saw Florida on a map, can confirm

@wennick4859

3 жыл бұрын

The three sides of florida Florida Flooridah Flawdah

@jrjr648

3 жыл бұрын

Flawridder if you live in Boston

"We can't name it Columbia! It'll get mixed up with the capital!" *names it Washington*

@albierodriguez9797

3 жыл бұрын

Might have to do w the country Colombia we’ll have to see which came first

@michaelalbertson7457

2 жыл бұрын

Zane Baylon, I thought the same thing!

@joesmith942

2 жыл бұрын

Good story, but that had nothing to do with it. The votes to secure passage of the legislation were there if they named it Washington so politicians could go home and brag to constituents. The votes were not there if it was Columbia. The will of the locals just wasn't a consideration. That's politics.

@teodorivanov4558

2 жыл бұрын

bruh

@michaelalbertson7457

2 жыл бұрын

@@joesmith942 That makes sense, but can't you tell the initial comment was a joke?

If you want a real treat, do a deep dive into the local place names *in* the states. In New York State we have four kinds of place names: places named by homesick English settlers (Rochester, Liverpool, York, Albany, etc.), places named by homesick Dutch settlers (Amsterdam, Rotterdam), places from classical antiquity (Rome, Ithaca, Corinth, Syracuse, Troy), or Indigenous place names as spelled by the Dutch: Schenectady, Schaghticoke, Coxsackie, Schoharie, Schodack).

@johsiantorres8495

Жыл бұрын

I live in Rochester 🎉

@Axphyl

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Troy NY for 12 years, I’m surprised to see it be mentioned, most people don’t know about Troy

@mark_a_schaefer

Жыл бұрын

@@Axphyl Troy has become an amazing place in recent years. It's my hometown and it's great to see how it's rebounded from the low point in the 70s and 80s.

@MoveoverAndbark

10 ай бұрын

NoShitzky!!!!

@dingleberryftm7918

8 ай бұрын

In western New York, we have a lot of Native American town names. Geneseo, Canadaigua, Cansteo, Keshequa

Background music/marches: 0:00 The Trombone King - Karl L. King 2:20 Bravura- Charles E. Duble 5:07 The Circus Bee- Henry Fillmore 7:50 The Purple Carnival- Harry Alford 11:25 Mother Hubbard - John Philip Sousa 13:48 National Emblem- Edwin E. Bagpey 16:48 King Cotton- J.P. Sousa 18:57 The Fairest of the Fair- J.P. Sousa

@joseluiszunigarodriguez7075

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your fine work, best regards

@Eastsid3

10 ай бұрын

Underrated comment

@lanahartman-mccuen28

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this information.

@nebulium6707

7 ай бұрын

The Trombone King!! I played 2nd trombone in 10th grade lol I was shocked to hear it in this video

I love the idea that French missionaries turned up in Illinois and the natives kept telling them to "speak normally" but the French thought that was their name

@Kenfren

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, though the french would think them not speaking french would make em a bit slow

@alessioartioli3323

3 жыл бұрын

like the alleged legend according to which the word "kangaroo" comes from the aborigin language, meaning "i don't understand", which was the answer the aborigins gave to english colonizers asking what animal was that. But apparently this is just a legend. May be some aussie mates can confirm?

@riograndedosulball248

3 жыл бұрын

@@alessioartioli3323 also, the Yukatan peninsula, which also is derived from the phrase "i don't understand" in the native language

@alessioartioli3323

3 жыл бұрын

@@riograndedosulball248 this I didn't know. Thanks for the update!

@Joao-vm9hq

3 жыл бұрын

@@riograndedosulball248 RS é top mano 🇧🇷 Abraço de Portugal 🇵🇹

Fun fact: Mexico also has a state named from an indigenous word that also roughly means the same thing as Michigan. It's named.. Michoacan!

@joesmith942

2 жыл бұрын

I had wondered if those were related.

@vogelvogeltje

2 жыл бұрын

One means place of the fish, the other just means place of the lake…. No connection at all

@la187357

2 жыл бұрын

@@vogelvogeltje well, where do fish live?

@sacharacine3700

2 жыл бұрын

Yup drug cartels are battling over drug trade there thanks YT

@Minsajang

2 жыл бұрын

@@vogelvogeltje Nope there is a connection. Native groups in Mexico had trading routes where they made contact with native groups in the US thus there are similarities in language. Fun fact, Seattle actually derives from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec.

The naming of California is a pretty cool one among the rest. It's like if someone discovered a new territory and decided to dub it as either Isengard, Stygia, or after any other fictitious land.

@HOPEandGRACE4US

8 ай бұрын

Much of his information is incorrect. Someone from Portugal should not be trying to teach U.S. history. He probably got his information from so much bogus information online, instead of straight from our own history right here in the U.S.

@JeanEDeaux

2 ай бұрын

I’m sure they’ll be plenty of new planets to use those names in the future 😂

I read a while ago that Oregon comes from the mispronunciation of the community in Spain called Aragon. Nevada is literally the word for 'snowed' in Spanish but in Spain there is also a chain of mountains called Sierra Nevada. They probably named it after that place because it may have looked similar or something.

@bigbloopboy8892

Жыл бұрын

there is also a Sierra Nevada mountain range in CA right on the Nevada border

@Luna-35

11 ай бұрын

@@bigbloopboy8892 Yeah that’s why I said it. They probably named it like that for that reason.

So basically: -Native tribes -Spanish adjectives -European Kings.

@EpicPlayer17

Жыл бұрын

@Earth and George Washington

@relcnt

Жыл бұрын

@@EpicPlayer17 but that's just one occasion

@marcusrichards6117

Жыл бұрын

@@relcnt 1 and a half

@kvgm_

Жыл бұрын

Literally

@alonsojimeanch

Жыл бұрын

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Where do you live? Oh I live in the state of n e w p h i l i p p i n e s

@brianarbenz7206

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine the song lyrics "All my ex-es live in Texas" being: "All my drama queens live in New Philippines."

@RojanWasTaken

3 жыл бұрын

I live in old philippines

@captainxact4493

3 жыл бұрын

@@RojanWasTaken damn i lived in future philippines lad

@mcdonalsmcmenu2449

3 жыл бұрын

@@RojanWasTaken sheeesh you live in a human

@slavenarkaimovski3897

3 жыл бұрын

Don't you worry,when us dollar crash you will be renamed into DEBTONIA,and nationality will be DEBTONIANS.

I'm Portuguese but spanish is a closer language. California means "Hot like an oven"; Arizona means "Arid zone" or "desert"; Florida is "with many flowers".

@claus1225

3 ай бұрын

california is not that hot.

@Sadtreesong

2 ай бұрын

​@@claus1225 but it does have the hottest place on earth...death valley

Our tribe is pronounced oh-JIB-way. Thanks for the recognition.

Minnesota was named after a really tiny can of soda

@garretphegley8796

3 жыл бұрын

It's Pop

@Screamintatatots

3 жыл бұрын

@@garretphegley8796 Blasphemers, both of you. Its obviously a can of coke.

@CAC63

3 жыл бұрын

You're all wrong, it's tonic

@jesselivermore2291

3 жыл бұрын

minniesoda

@I_killed_that_beard_guy

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm seems legit

As a native Tennessean who drives the highways daily, I can tell you that the word "Tennessee" means, "orange barrel in road."

@yeetyeet8732

2 жыл бұрын

Alright, that was pretty good

@JessicaHayes02

2 жыл бұрын

You ain't lying!

@vernwallen4246

2 жыл бұрын

And"civil assets forfeiture".😜😜😜

@louieo.blevinsmusic4197

2 жыл бұрын

lol nice.

@dannypipewrench533

2 жыл бұрын

I spent a week in Tennessee in July of 2019. Yep, lots of orange barrels.

Thank you for this video! I really enjoyed learning the origin of our state n ames. I knew the story behind a few of the states but I will check back again to refresh my memory.

Wow! Very, very nice. I never got this in any history class that I ever went through. Thanks for sharing your insights!! Appreciate it!!

Quick note: The name “Hawaiʻi” doesn’t have an apostrophe. The symbol commonly confused for an apostrophe is a separate Hawaiian character, called the ʻokina. It represents a glottal stop (e.g. the sound in the middle of “uh-oh”).

@nidiashalabi2036

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! In Arabic the letter hamza (ء) has the same purpose…

@solorzanochris665

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thank you

@eldavis1311

2 жыл бұрын

Also at the start of the video, the word Alaska is misspelled - this channel is NOT operated by an AMERICAN who first language is ENGLISH.

@TheVideomaster138

2 жыл бұрын

@@eldavis1311 who cares

@ChristopherR96

2 жыл бұрын

​@@eldavis1311 So what if English isn’t the primary language of the person who operates this channel? You’re not going to do anything about it. Your second statement contains a grammatical error anyway, since you didn’t use the word ‘whose’ instead of ‘who.’ Stop being miserable.

I find it fascinating that Texas almost got named 'New Philippines'. The name 'Philippines' in itself came from the Spanish, naming it after their king, King Philip.

@susany8493

Жыл бұрын

Or in Spanish, Felipe II

@andresmoreno45

Жыл бұрын

It used to be named tejas which was an Indian word

@gorangers18bates2

Жыл бұрын

@@andresmoreno45 which means friendly.

@andresmoreno45

Жыл бұрын

@@gorangers18bates2 yep

@bonne_vie

Жыл бұрын

"Don't mess with New Philippines" doesn't have quite the same flow.

Very informative.. Thank you 🙏🏻

Well done on the video it was very informative! I'm impressed with how many were named after the indigenous people

Them: Wait, we can't name the state after Columbus, it will get confused with District of Columbia. Also them: Yeah, let's name it Washington, no way that will be confusing.

@spiritmatter1553

3 жыл бұрын

Those who want statehood for Washington, D.C. (which goes against the Constitution, which designates it as a federally run city) want to rename it: Washington, Douglass Commonwealth (after Frederick Douglass).

@TexanUSMC8089

3 жыл бұрын

@@spiritmatter1553 What they should do is move the borders of DC, so that no one lives in DC. They should be citizens of Maryland or Virginia. The Federal city called Washing DC should have no citizens.

@thesecondsomeone

3 жыл бұрын

@@TexanUSMC8089 then the government its not there too

@madrush24

3 жыл бұрын

As a resident of Washington (State)... hell yes.

@vijaysura2874

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Columbus a Jesuit?

Correction, Kentucky means, "Fried chicken" in Native American

@notallthatskilled

2 жыл бұрын

Bruuuuuughhh

@EZDuzIt1979

2 жыл бұрын

On the Rez

@saintlucifer7522

2 жыл бұрын

This deserves a like

@Tallslimchris

2 жыл бұрын

Native American isn’t a language, it’s a generic term to refer to all the different Native American tribes and each of those has a different language

@aitzgabe

2 жыл бұрын

KFC.. it was Named by the Founder of Kentucky, the Famous Military Hero, Colonel Sanders! I hear he had a top secret receipt for Thanksgiving that brought the people together like a Melting pot in the Heart land of America! 🐔🤤❤️🙌🏽😋💯

Awesome and an amazing job! Lots of research from you lots of knowledge for us. Thanks.

Thank you - so informative!

You should place your timestamps and descriptions the other way around to make use of "KZread chapters." It'll break up the play bar into chapters.

@dead.dummy678

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't it really tiring to do it 50+ freaking times!?

@wernerhiemer406

3 жыл бұрын

@@dead.dummy678 Spread sheet is a thing? And some pasting in between.

@Liggliluff

3 жыл бұрын

Plus it looks nicer the other way around

@METALFREAK03

3 жыл бұрын

@@Liggliluff not sure why you would do timestams like that. Always been chapter before name thereof. In any written book.

@piccololou

3 жыл бұрын

You certainly have a RUSSIAN inflexión on your voice. What is clear is that you are wrong by mistake, or wrong with intention. Intention is to dis-inform. TeXas name is Aztec. Like MeXico. Louisiana is not a THIRD of the American territory. The fact remains that you and Russians have infiltrated US and KZread. We take notice.

I always thought Utah came from Ute Indians. As a Texan we were taught it was a Caddo word but it was Tejas.

@gigachad6844

3 жыл бұрын

Wassup New Filipino

@madcat1865

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely calling Texas the New Philippines from now on

@asherl5902

3 жыл бұрын

Sure! The Uteh Indians are the ones called "yutas" in Spanish. And Texas, like Mexico, are spellings with the Old Spanish Orthography, it's optional to spell them with J because that's how they sound currently in Spanish. The X sounded "sh" when the names were adopted in Spanish from native languages but then in Spanish the sound changed to a "strong h" which is spelt J, only some place names continue to write X (which is misleading: since the "sh" dissapeared X is now used for "ks" and saying these names with "ks" like in English is incorrect) because of the tradition.

@wildershoney2439

3 жыл бұрын

@Alejandro Melesio OR YOU could stop telling people what to say. That sounds better to me.

@mrbrainbob5320

3 жыл бұрын

@Alejandro Melesio American Indians prefer the name as opposed to Native American

This was amazing, you should do another one of the Caribbean Islands and its native names w/ meanings.

Both headache and knowledge gained! Thanks for both! 😊

Imagine being in a crew of 3 Jarvis's and you discover an island.

@vex4652

3 жыл бұрын

so tony hid two of them from us?

@michaelseybold1743

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine discoverin the island but you're the only guy not named Jarvis

@AltName7

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelseybold1743 Captain Brown

@__JJN__

3 жыл бұрын

Multiple Jarvis is actually Jarvai

@GuardianTactician

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder which of the three Jarvis didn't contribute to the group project.

In Bulgaria we also have Montana as a city its actually in the same position as the state montana almost corner left

@71avalon36

3 жыл бұрын

That's kind of a nest coincidence!

@todor6217

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in Montana!

@silverletter4551

3 жыл бұрын

Our Montana is probably bigger than your entire country.

@petergray2712

3 жыл бұрын

In Montana there's a town named Plevna. Bulgarian immigrants were heping to build the Northern Pacific Railroad through this area when news came of the Russian victory over the Turks in 1880 at Plevna, Bulgaria. The jubilant builders convinced the US Post Office to name the nearest station town in its honor.

@silverletter4551

3 жыл бұрын

@@petergray2712 why were they happy?

What an educative and interesting video. Looking at the Montana flag I couldn't avoid but to notice there are two Spanish words written on it, "oro and plata" which means "gold and silver" respectively. I'm from South America, but I like learning history.

Well done video with lots of research. Liked how you shared the state flags. BTW Arizona wins my flag design award !

Utah was going to be named Deseret. The Mormon pioneers who inhabited the area chose the Hebrew word deseret which means “honeybee” because the honeybee is a common symbol of hard work, productivity, and self-reliance. The government didn't want the area to be named by a religion so it was rejected. The government decided on the name "Utah" from the Native American "Ute" tribe which means people of the mountains.

@Zalis116

Жыл бұрын

Of course, they did get "Beehive State" as a nickname. I'd seen "Deseret" before, from the newspaper in the area, but never knew what it actually meant until now.

@roddbroward9876

Жыл бұрын

@@Zalis116 Yep. Their flag also has a beehive

@kimberlywilliams3009

9 ай бұрын

Once I heard that incorrect origin, many others became suspect!

@speedmetalmassiah567

8 ай бұрын

Wow, so much for religious freedom

@Skip.8221

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@speedmetalmassiah567they have every right to practice their religion openly, but there should also be a fair separation from the church and state

“No one can name all 50 states in one sitting “ *Wacko joins the battle *

@oscarzavala5183

2 жыл бұрын

I think the one where he names the countries is more catchy tho. Lol

@quattro4468

2 жыл бұрын

Xoomers dont get it.

@johnnykrash9806

2 жыл бұрын

That challenge is child's play to Wacko

@chawndel8279

2 жыл бұрын

I learned a song in elementary school called Fifty Nifty, where one sings all 50 states in alphabetical order. 🤷‍♀️

@mr.8-bit604

2 жыл бұрын

@@oscarzavala5183 that wasn't wakko who sang the countries song it was yakko

The "apostrophe" in Hawaiʻi is not technically a punctuation mark, but is actually a Hawaiian letter called "okina." Although 99% of the time people use the standard apostrophe ('), proper people use an okina (ʻ). The mark is slightly different.

I was wondering that not too long ago! Thank you so much for the information.

I feel like sometimes Americans wish the United States (the country) had a longer history, but i’m from Scotland/UK and i think it’s fascinating that you guys can know the exact origin of place names. In Europe it’s often hard to work out the origin of a place name, because it was so so long ago

@71avalon36

3 жыл бұрын

@ emily As a historian I've always been jealous of folks over where you live, though. Short car ride and you're at a 1,000-year-old medieval site or a 2,000-year-old Roman site. All I have near me is a civil war battlefield from 1864.

@alejandroalba9410

3 жыл бұрын

@@71avalon36 in my town in Germany you can literally find everything from ww2 to medival houses and even Roman ruins

@MrChristianDT

3 жыл бұрын

Usually we can. Iroquoian names are a nightmare, because even closely related Iroquoian languages can have similar words which mean completely different things. Take Cuyahoga River in Ohio. That can mean 'On the chin' in Seneca, 'Elm River' in Cayuga, or 'Warfront' in Wyandot. Then, there's tons of native languages which are extinct & poorly recorded. This stuff is worst on the East Coast.

@emily0071000

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrChristianDT yeah i understood from this video that it’s not always straightforward or possible to find place name origins in the US. But generally there’s a lot more concrete information out there compared to Europe

@gregoryspatisserie9858

3 жыл бұрын

@@71avalon36 The pub I drink in is older than your country haha

Fun fact, the New Mexico’s state name is older than Mexico’s country name, because before Mexico’s independence it was called Nueva España(New Spain)

@estebanvidegarayortega4206

3 жыл бұрын

The capital of New Spain was founded in 1521, and is the actual capital of Mexico, Ciudad de México (Mexico City) The name comes from the Mexicas, or Aztects, so the spanish names their city after that. So basically the state of New Mexico and the country of Mexico are both named after the capital of Mexico, Mexico City.

@estebanvidegarayortega4206

3 жыл бұрын

@Galleta de Soda Which then became the capital city of Mexico

@rotemplatino91

3 жыл бұрын

The city of México-Tenochtitlan has been around for 600 years, so no.

@gerardsotxoa

3 жыл бұрын

No, the official name gived by The emperor Charles V was ''Kingdom of Mexico-New Spain'', which is not the same political entinty as the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Even today ''Mexico'' refers loosly to central mexico for mexicans out of the central region. The name new mexico was given because it was conquered mostly by Mexican indians and a Grand doughter of Aztec Emperor Mocteczuma. New Mexico was Rule by the Kingdom of New Galice and the archibishop of Guadalajara.

@pacogama

3 жыл бұрын

In the New Spain also was the province of Mexico that its the moderns states of Mexico, Mexico City, Guerrero and Morelos in Mexico

A wonderful achievement in just around twenty-two minutes. It is very well done. Thank you.

Well done and most enjoyable.Thank you.

Him: Kentucky comes from the irroquoian language... Me: IT COMES FROM THE KFC

@burritoguy6

3 жыл бұрын

I always thought it meant prairie in Iroquoian.

For the apostrophe in Hawaii, it's called an ‘okina (an upside down apostrophe). It's a glottal stop between syllable. The spelling "Hawai‘i" is still used today, as it's the "correct" spelling in Hawaiian, but just "Hawaii" works more as an everyday spelling ☺️

@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes

3 жыл бұрын

tbh, if we can put an apostrophe in it's I don't know why it would work more or less than anything else.

@lindajokensinger8690

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information. From an amateur linguist. 🙂

@michaelalbertson7457

2 жыл бұрын

Never saw the apostrophe until about 8 years ago. Growing up, never saw it in print anywhere. Never noticed it was upside down, either. When God confused the languages at the tower of Babel, He wasn't leaving any room for error.

@happygirl964

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelalbertson7457 I agree, I think I've only been aware of it about 8 years ago. I use the diacritical marks heavily in my work place so it's very much second nature.

@tbolt2948

2 жыл бұрын

I have pronounced Hawai'i with the break. I learned that from my studies of WW II. I've gotten a lot of flack over the years for saying it that way and spelling it correctly. I also try to pronounce countries and cities as the natives of those localities do.

Thanks for that intro, I just sat here and wrote out all 50 states, but miscounted when I was done so I thought I was going nuts missing one lol

La Florida was named for a festival in Spain called the festival of flowers. Apparently the Spanish went ashore during the same month that the festival is celebrated in Spain and thus named the newly discovered land La Florida. At least it’s one of the stories I’ve heard on how Florida received its name.

0:10 Aslaska?

@jrjr648

3 жыл бұрын

😂 screaming

@General.Knowledge

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, Aslaska, the unknown 51st state 😂

@HairyGhostbear

3 жыл бұрын

Also, Alaska is continental as well. Contiguous is the term he was looking for (and was written down)

@JSALGang

3 жыл бұрын

@@General.Knowledge haha yes

@ejstreasurehunting6627

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite state.

3:06 texas used to have a lot of water 😂

@danielzamora9491

3 жыл бұрын

@Safwaan Yeah, but C'mon, if you can see the other side of the river from the coast, it has not to be so titanic.

@bentleymoody9400

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielzamora9491 the titanic sank at newfoundland (in canada)

@RyanMiddleton_the_Rhino

3 жыл бұрын

Nevada used to be a big lake. If the Cascadia Subduction Zone goes, Nevada will once again be a big lake.

@RyanMiddleton_the_Rhino

3 жыл бұрын

@Safwaan Tru dat. We will probably need an ocean liner to get across.

@Vlmdo

3 жыл бұрын

@Safwaan thats not the Río grande, it was a disputed territory between México and Texas known as the Nueces Strip. Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its southern border; Mexico claimed the Nueces River (150 mi north of the Rio Grande).

Thanks for sharing

Very enlightening! Thanks!

I used to think that Texas was named like that because in Spanish the X is pronounced as an J in many cases, so Tejas. Tejas are a kind of bricks used to decorate ceilings (look it up), and ceiling in Spanish is techo, but a synonym is tejado. Plus Texas being in the north of Mexico back then, made a joke as Texas being the tejado/ceiling of the country. I hope I explained myself well.

@armdelgado

Жыл бұрын

not ceiling but roofs, that is on top of the houses

@josegiovanigonzalezmata5570

Жыл бұрын

That's right, in Mexico, we have this habit of pronouncing the "X" as a "J". There are people who say "Texas", others "Tejas" because of the habit of changing the "x" to a "j". The case is quite similar to the state of "Oaxaca", foreigners mention the state using the "x" (Oaxaca), while all of Mexico pronounce it with the "j" (Oajaca). Or also "Mexico" for foreigners and "Mejico" or "Meshico or Mechico" (the latter on rare occasions) for those who are from Mexico. 😂💚🤍❤

@JuntosXlaLibertadMileyBuIIrich

Жыл бұрын

@@josegiovanigonzalezmata5570 sólo en Méjico, en otros países no mezclamos la x con la j.

@blassoriano109

Жыл бұрын

@@JuntosXlaLibertadMileyBuIIrich not only in México. That comes from old Castilian.

@JuntosXlaLibertadMileyBuIIrich

Жыл бұрын

@@blassoriano109 you right with that but i meant nowadays

“Don’t mess with New Philippines” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it

@santinovalfiore

2 жыл бұрын

Eh, neither does the original. Messing with Texas has been the meat and potatoes of lowbrow political comedy for the past century

@nicolethompson2399

2 жыл бұрын

Everything's bigger in ....New Phillipines?

@the.abhiram.r

2 жыл бұрын

ford f-150 new philippines edition

@irvinalexanderflores

2 жыл бұрын

The stars at night are big and bright deep in the heart of.. New Phillipines

@markyofficial5610

2 жыл бұрын

i really dont know this. first time i've heard texas was the new Philippines

Very informative

Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) is a novel written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.The Esplandián novel describes a fictional island named California,[8] inhabited only by black women, ruled by Queen Calafia, and east of the Indies. When Spanish explorers, under the command of Hernán Cortés, learned of an island off the coast of Western Mexico, and rumored to be ruled by Amazon women, they named it California. (Wiki)

When it comes to Hawaii, you may notice that both the archipelago and the the eastern most island share the name of “Hawaii”. It would have been worth mentioning that Kamehameha came from the island of Hawaii, and then went on to unify the islands, thus making the entire island chain the “Kingdom of Hawaii”

@Krizanathan

Жыл бұрын

@Jermare I think its so dumb to just refer to the largest Hawaiian island as “the Big island” , almost insulting, especially as an official name. We should just call it Hawaii, and if it confuses tourist then great at least they’ve learned some history :)

@encycl07pedia-

Жыл бұрын

@@Krizanathan True. I don't know why approximately 200,000 people live next to active volcanoes, though. I thought there were a lot fewer people on the actual island of Hawaii.

@Krizanathan

Жыл бұрын

@@encycl07pedia- It’s actually quite predictable where the Lava will flow, the eruptions are relatively calm, and most people live a safe distance away.. however there are areas that are in a potential danger zone and people live there as well because of cheap land…

Fun fact: "Nuevo Mexico" was the first time the word/letters "Mexico" appeared in written form. When Spanish colonists arrived in the region of the Rio Grande it reminded them of a region of Mexico (then Nueva España) where, incidentally, Tenochtitlan (modern day Ciudad de Mexico) stood in a region locally known as Mexica ("Mesheeca"). It also was more similar to the Spanish regions they were familiar with than places in modern day Florida and North Carolina that they had abandoned that they decided to settle there much more permanently. As a result, Santa Fe, NM is the oldest continuously governing regional capital in the U.S., founded 1610 and maintained ever since, including the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

@BOB-wo2nb

Жыл бұрын

Funner fact, New Mexico the state was absolutely NOT named after the country of Mexico and is actually 258 years OLDER than Mexico. Conquistadores named the area Nuevo Mexico after the Aztec valley of Mexica in 1563. There was no country of Mexico until independence from Spain in 1821, after which they named their new country after the same Aztec valley (current day Mexico City). So, yes you are correct, the video got it wrong.

@emmanuelake421

Жыл бұрын

Mexico - Tenochtitlan was first called New Mexico, then it was renamed Mexico City and the region a subdivision that was called "Reyno de México"

@roberto_ik5640

Жыл бұрын

@@emmanuelake421 I suppose it's "Reino"

@rodrigoe.gordillo2617

Жыл бұрын

False

@luisrb7348

11 ай бұрын

@@BOB-wo2nb The city of Mexico Tenochtitlan has been around for 600 years so no. Mexico and New Mexico got their name after the city of Mexico Tenochtitlan (Mexico City after the Spanish conquest).

I immediately recognized that King march in the background, at the start! Love it, played it in highschool just can't remember the name of that one, we played many King marches.

i grew up in Portland OR, & even though this information didn't make it into the Oregon Trail computer game, we were taught in grade school: that "Oregon" was a native word meaning "land of water"(kind of an oxymoron when you think about it, but it works). Yet, it was always disputed which tribe(s) the moniker could definitively be attributed to.

“Montana is not that mountainous” while there’s a big flat part in the east, southern Montana and western Montana are about as mountainous as it gets

@bcaye

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct.

@basilmarasco1975

2 жыл бұрын

I see. But are there any buttes in Montana?

@Catlily5

2 жыл бұрын

@@basilmarasco1975 Maybe next to the city named Butte?? Or maybe not.

@masterchinese28

2 жыл бұрын

I have driven it many times and I can vouch for the mountains

@jeffreyhutchins6527

Жыл бұрын

So the Rockies don't count as not that mountainous. Guess the continental divide is a myth as well.

As a Filpino, I'm amazed that Texas was formerly known as Nuevas Filipinas.

@derpizzaman1050

3 жыл бұрын

if you look at the map at 10:58 you'll see to the left of it "New Vizcaya" which is interesting because "Nueva Vizcaya" is also a province in the Philippines.

@worldhubtv6496

3 жыл бұрын

Well you guys got your name from the Spanish Spanish/Mexicans lived in present day Texas Makes sense

@Banom7a

3 жыл бұрын

fun fact, filipino was the first asian migrant to the US (In Louisiana)

@derpizzaman1050

3 жыл бұрын

@@worldhubtv6496 yeah just weird why the spanish needed two new Vizcayas lmao

@acenix1549

3 жыл бұрын

@@derpizzaman1050 Vizcaya is a province from Spain

​We lived in Hawai'i for several years and we were taught by several people including native Hawaiian speakers (some of whom were good friends of ours) that the name comes from combining 3 separate Hawaiian words: ha (meaning breath, or breath of life), wai (meaning water or life force), and 'i (meaning supreme) roughly translated to "the water is the supreme source of the breath of life." Interestingly, ki has a similar connotation to 'i by adding emphasis, and one of the many meanings of loa also has a similar meaning. Thus, if you look at the actual meaning of each of the compound words, Hawai'i, Hawaiki, and Hawai'iloa, they all have very similar meanings. It very well could be that a place given such a name would be associated with the place of the gods and has taken on that meaning as well.

When he said about washington being in the historic county of Durham is an interesting story in itself. In the 70s some cities had got too big and were across county boarders so the boarders got changed and created new counties to cover this. The picture he put in the photo was the county of Tyne and Wear which is the county Washington is now in which came about because of Newcastle and Sunderland spreading over the boarders of Northumberland and Durham which do still exist today.

Fun fact: Canada 🇨🇦 means "Village" in Iroquois.

@heikosteffens1661

2 жыл бұрын

And it means "no one at home" in bavarian German ("kana da") :-)

@Harman.s.ghotra

2 жыл бұрын

@@heikosteffens1661 waaaass?!?!😂😂

@battleman8681

2 жыл бұрын

It means "home cold tree" in Roquisah

@tonymarselle8812

2 жыл бұрын

It means “friendly neighbor to the north” in American.

@chasemarkmckenzie622

2 жыл бұрын

It mean jerk in south park verse

General knowledge had me thinking I was saying Ojibwe wrong this whole time I had to look it up 😂

@strigiformes5434

3 жыл бұрын

I think it’a O-Jib-Way

@wennick4859

3 жыл бұрын

@@strigiformes5434 it is

@brianlooker7913

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one questioning my understanding of First Nations pronunciations.

@adriennegormley9358

3 жыл бұрын

@@wennick4859 I learned it as either Ojibway or Ojibwah, both acceptable. He also isn't sounding the final e on Shoshone (sho-sho-nee). At least he did admit he may be pronouncing a lot of the names wrong; give him that. There are a lot of tribes that speak Athapaskan languages, from the Apaches in the southwest well up into western Canada (which, oddly, also has a name taken from Spanish: cañada, which can mean variously path, narrow valley, etc.

@seththeace6217

3 жыл бұрын

@@adriennegormley9358 really? Canada is from cañada? I heard it was after a native word Kanata, meaning settlement, close to the same time the east was first being explored.

Great video, I learned a lot

Fabulous video!!!!

As someone who’s gone through 15 different schools throughout all of Utah, I’m afraid I’m going to need a source for your citing “Yuta” as the origin of the name. It is universally taught here that the origin is from the Ute tribe.

@FantasticalChronicles

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, they named our state like that to honor the Ute tribe natives. People don't know it lot because they over look though little of the native Americans in history.

@sebaschan-uwu

8 ай бұрын

What do you think the spanish called the Ute's? Yuta.

@shyamsundard.r1782

4 ай бұрын

I liked the name Utah - Yuta. In my language Kannada (India) , Uta( Oota) means eating food.

@MrJackOfAllTraits

2 ай бұрын

So what if the spanish called it Yuta? Thats not the origin. The origin is the tribe of the Utes. So its not an accurate statement. ​@sebaschan-uwu

The j in Ojibwe is pronounced as a j. O-jib-way, although the o sound can apparently be reduced in some pronounciations, also leading to the name Chippewa (which is the more common name for the tribe in the US). Also, just worth noting that the Ojibwe/Chippewa languages fall into the Algonquin family.

@kkerr1953

Жыл бұрын

Also Sioux is pronounced like the female name “Sue”. It’s not pronounced See-you or see-ou nor is it pronounced sy-ox.

@piperchristian77

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for pointing this out. I was going to say something too!

@chloeorr9880

Жыл бұрын

Same with “Iriquoi” the “quoi” is pronounced more like “coy”

@Ojibwe_Chippewa

Жыл бұрын

Yes Ojibwe is the French word given by the French to the tribe so the French and English could identify them. Our actual name is Anishinaabe in (Canada) Chippewa in (U.S) But can also even be Anishinaabek to Anishinaabeg. For example the Navajo nation tribes name was the name given to them from the Spaniards. It Translates to “the thieves that kill with knives”. Kinda messed Up we use the word the Spanish gave them. thats the name and that’s what we go off of today. (Btw funny to call them the thieves, when the Spanish were the colonizers that came to their home land and started the war). You have the actual tribe names that are from the actual indigenous, then u have the names the Europeans gave the tribes to go off of. To use, Ojibwe or Chippewa or anishinaabe are all correct just ones that are actually the indigenous ones to the Europeans ones.

@robertschrum5496

Жыл бұрын

@ Logan, Would the Fox & the Sac tribes, who were indigenous to Iowa, be included in the Algonquin family? Thx.

Great video! The content was engaging and of high quality

California name comes from calente which means worm in Spanish. Arizona comes from the Spanish, it means arid or dry zone or land. Utah comes from the Spanish word alta which means high, maybe high mountains. Oklahoma comes fro home of tribe okla. Virginia was named because of the virgin land.

@user-qs3rf4hh5n

Ай бұрын

Spanish has 2 words which describe heat caliente = hot and it's used generally but calido is more specifically used for climate. I'm therefore more inclined to believe that cali in California is a shortening of calido

@user-qs3rf4hh5n

Ай бұрын

Caliente translates as hot not warm

This guy pronounces everything with confidence, I’m not sure if he is saying them wrong.

@nobodytagota9813

3 жыл бұрын

Anything sounds fishy to you?

@jameskilgour387

3 жыл бұрын

@@nobodytagota9813 Durham was definitely wrong, we just say "Durum" in England, don't pronounce the "ham" - same with places like Birmingham, Lewisham etc ...

@alanwatson7560

3 жыл бұрын

Predictably he pronounces Durham incorrectly. Should be "Durrum".

@seththeace6217

3 жыл бұрын

Ojibwe, at least in the Midwest, to my knowledge, is pronounced oh-jib-way.

@marmac83

3 жыл бұрын

He's totally saying them wrong. Confidence isn't always key.

"three Jarvises discover an island" sounds like the beginning of a joke

Good show and information

Great content, thank you. But the image of the man at 16:oo is not Adrien Block. This portrait is the English explorer Henri Hudson.

The naming of Wyoming caught my interest a few years ago when I saw it affixed to a valley in PA. Logic dictated the name was carried west rather than east, so I couldn't figure out why American Indians indigenous to the state of Wyoming, would call it a name that had no meaning to them. Checking, it turns out many of the first white settlers who arrived in Cheyenne, decided, I guess in a bout of nostalgia, to name the region after their former Pennsylvania homestead. But he's right, it's an Algonquin word.

@matthewbednarski

2 жыл бұрын

There was an important colonial battle there: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wyoming

@wmallensmith7508

Жыл бұрын

There’s a Wyoming Avenue in Philadelphia. Now you know 😀

@felixdaniel9472

Жыл бұрын

Wyoming = What do you mean?

@Elitist20

Жыл бұрын

There's a Wyoming in Australia near Sydney that dates from 1824, also named after the valley in Pennsylvania, made famous by the 1809 poem Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell. So Wyoming, Australia actually predates Wyoming, USA.

@railroadforest30

9 ай бұрын

Wyoming, Michigan

As someone who lives and has grown up in Maryland, we were taught that the name came from the Catholic's naming it after Queen Mary, the last Catholic monarch of England, as they could not freely practice their religion in England after the rule of her sister Queen Elizabeth.

@Prompmarccc

2 жыл бұрын

Hm where im from in maryland we learned that the queen gave it the name not it being named after mary

@rukminikrishna1938

Жыл бұрын

Henrietta Maria was the sister of Louis XIII of France

Thank You For Sharing 🇺🇲

Very well researched.

Oh wow, I've never thought about this. This is going to be so cool! Thanks for this.

Big props to this guy, taking a chance on all these pronunciations. I'm sure you did a lot better than I could have! Very interesting research you have here. Thanks for sharing.

Great video!

11:00 I noticed that one of the Mexican state names is New Viscaya, and when you translate New in Spanish is Nueva, making Nueva Viscaya, which is also a province in the Philippines, idk if it's anything related or what's Viscaya but I think that's how one of the philippine provinces named.

@jr3753

9 ай бұрын

Viscaya is a province in spain

@dogoman410

9 ай бұрын

@@jr3753 ya, that's why the Spanish added Nueva meaning new

@MartintxoEH

2 ай бұрын

I am writing to you from Bizkaia (the official Basque name for Biscay), there was a province called the Kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya in Mexico (capital Durango, which is also a city of Basque Bizkaia and a city in Colorado) and there is a province in the Philippines called Nueva Vizcaya. All of them have the tree of Gernika and the wolves of the coat of arms of the original Biscay in their coat of arms.

I'm from a small town in Ireland; its English name is Virginia, no need to explain that! But the Irish name is Acadh an Ùir, which means 'field of yews', after the field of yew trees which is still in the centre of the town.

@Souliban

2 жыл бұрын

Virginia is Latin, not English. Pretty common in Spain...comes from Virginidad....

@aislingrvr

2 жыл бұрын

@@Souliban I meant the name that the English colonisers imposed on it...

Hi General, I would like to suggest you use the KZread Chapter feature so people can just click on the progress bar, the timestamp you put in the description should be written like these: 00:00 - Intro 1:53 - Alaska 2:24 - Hawaii 2:57 - California 4:48 - Nevada 5:05 - Arizona and so on.. keep up the good work General.

This was a great watch!! My daughter was just asking what some of them meant, so good timing to find this. I knew about some of the people named ones, but had no idea so many were named after rivers or mountains or the Natives found there. Thanks for this fun informative video! ❤

@cato4875

Жыл бұрын

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Good to hear this-liked to hear about,connecticut,delaware north carolina,virginia and others.🙂

I love the fact that Illinois is derived from a word meaning, "Speak normally".

@thomascarroll9556

3 жыл бұрын

It’s like the Australian aboriginals who when asked what that large mammal jumped on just its hindlegs was called told D settlers I don’t know, which in their language was kangaroo.

@nicholasconder4703

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomascarroll9556 I thought Rolf Harris' explanation of Captain Cook naming the animal after hearing the cries of the claustrophobic Scotsman stuck in the head, "I canna ger oot", was as good an explanation as any.

@thomascarroll9556

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasconder4703 😂😂😂

@NewHaven203

2 жыл бұрын

That would explain the city of “Normal” in Illinois

@Aeneiden

2 жыл бұрын

Like Yucatán which means like "I don't understand what you're saying"

In Spanish we still sometimes refer to Florida as “La Florida”, never knew why until this video

@CATEGORIA_95

2 жыл бұрын

Because Is "the flowered" maybe

@liderpz3798

2 жыл бұрын

Simply a place plenty of flowers. "La tierra florida", being "tierra" this time a territory

@alcapone4635

Жыл бұрын

i dont know if anybody else, but I still call california "Las Californias" sounds nicer.

you did pretty good with native names...i was impressed on how you said Ojibwa...my grandfather who is a Ojibwa full blood pronounced it the same way.

Good. Informative.

Enjoyed this immensely!! I agree with Davis Dickey, there was a lot of work put into this video and it was AWESOME! Thank you and Great Job!!

Thank you for putting this together!! 😊

Thanks. This was fascinating and must have taken a lot of work. The English county where Washington is, County Durham, is pronounced 'durrum'.

Thanks for your research.

Thank you. You put A LOT of work into this video. Good job!

New Philippines! It has a nice sound.

@albierodriguez9797

3 жыл бұрын

‘Texas’ has become emblematic tho.. It’s very unique. It’s more proper IMO too since it’s origins are local to the land while the Philippines are named after the Spanish king Felipe (some number) lol

@vahi37

2 жыл бұрын

@@albierodriguez9797 Maybe it would take a bit of wind out of their sails.

Excellent. Thanks a lot.

Franklin did become an actual state, but it only lasted 4 years from 1784 to 1788. It was the 14th state and actually Davy Crockett was born in Limestone Franklin which is now Limestone Tennessee. The state of Franklin took up a part of east Tennessee with a little of North Carolina and just a little bit of Virginia.

Minnesotan here- the two words are similar but pretty much mean the same- by cloudy water it’s not meant that it’s murky, but rather that you can see the clouds in the water: so reflective. Land where the water is so clear you can see the clouds in the sky

I thought Utah was named after the local tribe, the Ute's. You also missed that Utah's original proposed name (by the Mormon founders) was Deseret, meaning "honeybee" which signifies industry. This is also signified by the current flag for Utah.

@groom_of_the_stool

2 жыл бұрын

It is named after the tribe.

@blue62show

2 жыл бұрын

Dude, I’m so utah right now! Woh

@rich9684

2 жыл бұрын

Just clarification, Deseret is a word from the Book of Mormon and means honeybee. Really Utah should be called “land of big smelly lake” but I love it here.

@JIKwood

2 жыл бұрын

@@rich9684 ah, thanks for the clarification. And that works too. Or land of the Holy War.

@rich9684

2 жыл бұрын

@@JIKwood I've never really been a fan of the name "The Holy War" for the rivalry. It doesn't make a lot of sense, BYU is owned by the church whose leaders are educated at the UofU. Plus it's hard to call a game a war especially when one side loses 60% of the time.

Very interesting video! At 0:10 (ten seconds in) you have a small typo “Aslaska” instead of “Alaska”. :)